Blood results explained

[lgoldie]

Hi I got my results back from booking appointment which was two weeks ago however I'm struggling to understand the full blood count can anyone help explain whether this looks normal to you as when I'm googling it it looks as if my HB is low but I've not heard anything from drs or midwife, are these all normal? Thank you

These were mine, and they said all fine. I did Google the FBC and numbers, and it looked OK. Also, if you tap more details on the right-hand side, it should have any notes from your midwife.

Your HB does look low, Google states between 12.3 - 15.3 for women. I'd get in touch with your midwife and check with her

Your WCC & and platelets look fine, though

Very odd result. If your Hb was as low as on the record, I would be surprised if you were still alive. The haematocrit and MCV are very normal, which wouldn't be in keeping with extreme anaemia. Definitely get it checked out, but if you aren't feeling seriously ill, my bet would be a lab typo. Maybe should say 13 not 3?

Hb that low is a medical emergency, I think you'd know about it if it was really that low. I think it probably should say 13.

I agree with those above. Haemoglobin is often a bit lower in pregnancy as your blood becomes more diluted, and so a lower haemoglobin doesn't necessarily mean anemia - but that figure is so low that the laboratory would normally be ringing it through as an emergency with a view to you being admitted to hospital pronto!

I'd query it with your surgery.

Normally the lab would be phoning the gp or midwife or somebody about that. It is printed so difficult to see how it could be wrong. But you would be really ill if it was correct.